Category Archives: Uncategorized

Google has announced at the RSA security that they have increased their ability to catch malicious emails on Gmail by ten percent. While ten percent sounds smaller than what may be touted as a huge improvement, it is monumental in the fight against malware sent through email. The breakthrough is particularly impressive because of theContinue reading “Ten Percent Matters”

Copyright law, the internet and musical theft are all deeply intertwined. For years musicians have cried out against the piracy of their music, and even longer than that there have been allegations of other musicians lifting their melodies. With copyright laws, and those who abuse them becoming ever more prevalent, many musicians and artists acrossContinue reading “Computer Algo-Rhythm”

In an incredibly descriptive article written for ZDNet by Catalin Cimpanu, the battle for better privacy from ISP monitoring and how the current golden child is a ruse is discussed. DNS over HTTPS has been the talk of the cyber-security community as of late. Mozilla has made moves with it, declaring that it will beContinue reading “Holes in the Wall”

Big brother is always watching. In 2020, it is largely accepted that there is no truly private corners of the internet. Many argue that this is fine, because only criminals have something to hide. Others believe that the internet should not inherently allow anyone and everyone to have access to your personal business regardless ofContinue reading “Default Privacy”

Joanna Nelius of PC Gamer Magazine dropped a bomb felt ’round the internet this past week. Mac users, according to research done by major player in the anti-virus business Malwarebytes, are twice as likely to “get infected by adware” than their Window’s wielding opposition. Malwarebytes found that infected Mac users outnumbered Windows users 2:1 inContinue reading “Bite of the Poisoned Apple”

Electric cars are the way of the future. I don’t think there is any room for debate here. Every major car manufacturer is looking at going electric, if not pledging to go electric entirely by the mid 2020’s. What is up for debate, is weather we will be in control of said electric cars, orContinue reading “parseSpeedLimit(int real, int tape)”

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is on its death bed. The sentiment has been carried for a few years now, but what once was the backbone of the largest entertainment industry in the world, the video game convention seems to be taking its last few breaths. Many in the industry speculated the rise of phonesContinue reading “Delisted: E3 and Sensitive Data”

In this short piece written by Sam Biddle for The Intercept, America’s favorite fear is questioned. Are we in a “Cyber War”? This question is not new, nor is it specific to the United States. Our people have long battled with technological advancement, for many reasons, chief among them the opportunity to manipulated said technologyContinue reading “Unnecessary Screen Time”

On November 21st 2019, a “technical glitch” occurred, according to internet giant Google. From the 21st to the 24th, when users downloaded their data through Google Takeout, there was a chance that they opened themselves up to having others accidentally receive their backed up photos by mistake. Conversely, you may have received other people’s photosContinue reading “Download Whose Data?”

The implications of Tesla’s recent action against a used car buyer are all at the same time dastardly, expected, and possibly a sign of nefarious things to come. Tesla, run by Elon Musk who is as close to Tony Stark we are (unfortunately) going to get in the real world, made headlines again this week.Continue reading “Tesla’s Coil Begins to Unwind”